Nintendo is also touting two features called StreetPass and SpotPass, which basically amount to the device being able to receive new updates and content in the passive modes, all without the user needing to do anything.

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Hsieh is not content being merely a relatively passive participant in a broader cultural scene, like Meetup is.

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And passive 3D TVs can only display 3D content at half-resolution: 540 lines, rather than 1080, but the smoother 3D is more noticeable than the lower resolution.

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Let this content enter their news feeds and allow it to be passive.

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Novels, plays, and movies are static content offered up solely as creative presentations for consumption by a passive audience.

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RealD also provides its RealD Format, active and passive eyewear, and display and gaming technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers and content producers and distributors to enable the delivery and viewing of 3D content on high definition televisions, laptops and other displays.

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